Grant R. Osborne

Template:Short description Grant R. Osborne (July 7, 1942 – November 4, 2018)Template:Sfn was an American theologian and New Testament scholar. He was Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Biography

Education

Osborne got a B.A. from the Fort Wayne Bible College, a M.A. from the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen.Template:Sfn He also did postdoctoral research at the university of Cambridge and University of Marburg.Template:Sfn

Career

Osborne taught at Winnipeg Theological Seminary and the university of Aberdeen and has pastored churches in Ohio and Illinois.Template:Sfn From 1977 to 2016, he was professor of New Testament at the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

He specialized in biblical hermeneutics, the Gospels and the book of Revelation.Template:Sfn He is best known for his concept of the "hermeneutical spiral",Template:Sfn denoting an "upward and constructive process of moving from earlier pre-, understanding to fuller understanding, and the returning back to check and to review the need for correction or change in this preliminary understanding."Template:Sfn

He was a member of the Bible Translation Committee for the Holy Bible: New Living Translation.Template:Sfn He served as General Translator for the Gospels and Acts.Template:Sfn

He was a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Institute of Biblical Research.Template:Sfn

In 2013, a Festschrift was published in his honor. On the Writing of New Testament Commentaries: Festschrift for Grant R. Osborne on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday included contributions from Craig L. Blomberg, D. A. Carson, Scot McKnight, Douglas J. Moo, Stanley E. Porter, and Kevin J. Vanhoozer.

Theology

Osborne held Arminian soteriological views.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn In "A classical Arminian view",Template:Sfn he wrote in favour of a possible apostasy for the genuine believer.Template:Sfn